Non-refillable bottle.



C. N. HAYES.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLlCATlON FILED AUG.24. 1915.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

IN VEN TOR.

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CHARLES N. HAYES, or noorrns'rnn, NEW YORK.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Application filed August 24, 1915.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES N. HAYES, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle, fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The present invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and an object of the same is to provide a construction withoutany sharp bends which will interfere with the free flowing of the liquid from the bottle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction Which is sensitive in its action and acts to close the valve if the bottle neck be shifted to a horizontal position or above the same.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of portions of the neck of a bottle with parts thereof shown in section and interior parts shown in elevation: Fig. time through the bottle neck when the latter is upright; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2

showing the positions of the parts when the bottle is arranged horizontally; Fig. 4 is a like section showing the bottle in discharging position; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal secti on through the bottle neck above the valve.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, 1 indicates a portion of the neck of a bottle which is in one piece with a bottle body (not shown). Thisneck portion has a cork or other resilient washer 2 abutting its upper end and a neck portion 3 separate from the portion 1 abuts the opposite face of the washer 2. Preferably, the neckportion 3 open ended sleeve 4 made of sheet metal and bent inwardly at 5 to engage with an annular shoulder 6 on the neck portion 3. At its other end, this open ended sleeve 4 is formed with pressed screw threads 7 engaged with a mutilated screw 8 formed on the neck portion 1, the sleeve being bent inwardly at 9 into the mutilated portion of the thread 8 to hold the sleeve against rotation on the neck portion 1. A shoulder valve seat 10 in the form of a ring is fitted concentrically within the washer.

The neck portion 3 preferably has a cylindrical inner bore 11 throughout the Specification of Letters Patent.

2 is a vertical secis held to the neck portion 1 by an Patented Jan. 11, 1916. Serial No. 47,053.

greater portion of the length thereof, and at its extremeend, a reduced cylindrical bore 12 is provided for receiving the cork or stopper 13. Between this cylindrical bore 12 and the cylindrical bore 11, a tapering or curved shoulder or abutment 14 is provided and within the chamber formed be tween the valve seat 10 and the abutment 14, a valve 15 operates, said valve being preferably in the form of an inverted cupshaped member resting upon the valve seat and having radial ribs 16 which provide between them passageways for the liquid. The upper face of this valve 15 is flat and is engaged by the flattened face 17 of a weight 18 the latter being of a tapering form or a truncated cone-shape.

Above the weight 18, a weight 19 is arranged, the latter having, in its bottom, a

pocket 20'formed with cylindrical walls and fitting over the tapered portion of the weight 18. The lower portion of this weight 19 is of cylindrical formation while the upper portion tapers at 21. Both portions are formed with longitudinally extending ribs 22 which conform to the shape of the weight, the tapering portion of the ribs being adapted for cooperation with the curved abutment 14 as will be hereinafter described.

The operation of the invention is as follows: The bottle is filled before the separable neck portion 3 is fitted thereto, after which the neck portion 3 with the valve parts therein is attached to the neck portion 1 by turning a sleeve 4 until a liquid tight joint is secured between the two neck portions, the yielding washer 2 permitting the obtaining of such joint. Thereafter, the sleeve 4 is pressed inwardly at 9 to hold the sleeve against surreptitious removal except by the distortion of said sleeve. A cork or stopper introduced into the mouth of the bottle will engage the upper weight 19 and hold the latter together with the weight 18 and the valve 15 against movement so that the liquid cannot pass into the neck portion 3. When the bottle is to be used, the stopper 13 is removed and the bottle turned to the position shown in Fig. 4, the valve 15 moving from its seat and the weights 18 and 19 being received respectively in the pocket 20 of weight 19 and the tapered portion 14 of the bottle neck, flow of the liquid about these parts w thout any sudden or sharp turns in the bound.

If the bottle be moved to a horizontal position, the valve 15 is immediately closed, stopping the flow, this being due to the fact that the weight 19 will rock on its upper end as a bearing to swin its pocketed end laterally and, in this wa impart a move ment to the weight 18. The latter in turn, by reason of its tapered walls, moves toward the valve 15 and also laterally toward the interior cylindrical wall of the neck, thus acting on the valve 15 to move the latter toward its seat. The valve is firmly held in this position due to the fact that the weight 18 continuously exerts pressure on the valve as it dces not touch the inner side wall of the battle neck but is held suspended between the weight 19 and the valve 15. Both the weight 18 and the weight 19 may be made of leaded glass to give them sufficient weight for the performance of their functions.

A non-refillable bottle constructed in accordance with this invention is inexpensive to manufacture because the bottle neck does not have any projections or shoulders which are difficult to form but, instead, is smooth throughout its length, and the weights and valve are also of simple construction. The parts cooperate in such a manner that a free flow of the liquid from the bottle is possible while, should the bcttle be held in a position to fill the same, the valve will immediately close. The introduction of devices into the neck of the bottle for the purpose of preventing the closing action of the valve tends to .close the valve.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A non-refillable brittle having a neck, a seat in the neck, a valve arranged to cooperate with the seat to close the neck and having a flat face, a member arranged in the neck above the valve and having a pocket in the under side thereof and a weight having a substantially flat face portion to cooperate with the flat face of the valve, and a tapered portion received within the pocket of the pocketed member, the pocket being of a size to permit the end of the tapered portion Copies of this patent may be obtained for to shift laterally therein while the weight is tilting on an edge of the pocket as a fulcrum to close the valve.

2. A non-refillable bottle having a neck, a seat in the neck, a valve arranged to cooperate with the seat to close the neck, and

'3. A non-refillable bottle having a neck,.a-

seat in the neck, a valve having a fiat top face and arranged to cooperate with the seat to close the neck, two weights arranged in the neck above the valve, one of said weights having a pocket in its under side and the other of said weights having .a flat face for co operation with the flat face of the valve and a tapered portion operating in the pocket of the first named weight, said pocket being of a size to permit the end of the tapered portion to shift laterally therein whilemaintaining the greater portion of the weight outside of'the pocket at all times, so that the weight may tilt laterally on the edge of the pocket as a fulcrum to close the valve.

4:. X non-refillable bottle comprising a neck, a seat in the neck, a valve arranged to cooperate with the seat to close the neck and having a flat-top face, a fixed abutment in the neck, and two weights one of which acts on the fixed abutment to rock laterally, and has a pocket in its under side, said pocket having substantially cylindrical side walls, and theother of which has a flat face for cooperation with =the flat face of the valve and a tapered portion projecting within the pocket of the first named weight while maintaining the greater portion of the weight outside of the pocket at all times so that the second named weight .may tilt on the edge of the pocket as a fulcrum to engage the valve and close the same.

CHARLES N; HAYES.

five cents well, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 1). G. 

